DEAR ABBY: I’m an older woman. My husband and I have been married eight years but were together 15 years prior to our marriage. He is a wonderful, caring man in most ways. But from time to time, he sn...

How can three simple letters on a printed page - I. S. I. - signal a momentous shift in a person’s future? A future to be played out in a land half the world away, in a setting quite unlike any encoun...

With the conclusion of the annual Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) Heroes Ball, we know it is time to trade our costumes for our secret identity normal clothes, but I need to share with yo...

DEAR ABBY: I am 49 and have been divorced for 20 years. When we first separated, my ex moved in with my parents while I struggled to raise my four kids. He stayed there for seven years. He moved out u...

Are we underestimating the risk of extreme weather in the wheat belt? “Growing wheat is getting harder in a warming world,” was the headline of a story I came across the first week of June. Needless t...

To my wonderful Okmulgee Times Readers, an exciting heads-up! Beginning with next Friday’s column, our focus shifts from the “Inside-Out” theme to another (and hopefully quite enjoyable) series. That ...

Do you sometimes get the feeling that the summer heat in Oklahoma gets hotter every year and life seems to slow down to a crawl? Well, we can guarantee you our manufacturing plants are going strong an...

Sometimes, we hear things so many times that they just become a cliché. Like the story of David and Goliath. The story of the little guy who doesn’t stand a chance, but who actually wins in the end. W...

DEAR ABBY: There is a man, “Gus,” I am completely, madly in love with. The issue is, he likes to drink -- a lot. The only thing he wants to do when he’s not sleeping or working is drink. His health is...

I’m sure the phrase ‘you see something, say something’ has probably been used for decades. That statement took on added meaning on 9/11. The term was first coined by New York advertising executive All...

I recently had the pleasure of visiting a program in Tahlequah geared toward support of families experiencing great needs. The innovative way in which they are locally dealing with societal issues in ...

Serving the community you love most, Okmulgee Humane Society is in great need of volunteers, fosters, adoptions and advocates alike! Okmulgee Humane Society rescues animals from the city of Okmulgee s...

DEAR ABBY: I play pickleball with a nice group of people. Partners normally split after each game. One day, however, a woman told me I was her favorite partner. From that day on, she played with me as...

Our pastor was a big man. I don’t mean six foot four inches big, but heavy, wide and space-filling big. He wasn’t fat exactly, but just a big-boned, football lineman-type of person. As a matter of fac...

“Real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.” By the time Richard Foster penned these words in his important book, “Prayer - Finding the Heart’s True Home,” he had gleaned ...

“But people - the ordinary, the decent, and basically honest - couldn’t get through the day without that one indispensable bit of programming that allowed you to say one thing and mean, feel, even do,...

Each summer, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) holds our annual Heroes Ball to celebrate champions for children selected by our Board of Directors. This year, our honorees are the Chero...

DEAR ABBY: A casual friend and neighbor started doing the books at the company where I work. This means she knows my income, which she didn’t before. We live in a small town and are on several committ...

The Okmulgee County Sharks Social Athletic Association held a Poker Run. The prize was $300 for the best poker hand, and the event featured lunch, door prizes, an auction and a 50/50 drawing. The Okmu...

Dear Editor: With 97 Car Show registrants and many community viewers, some even car-pooled, just about everyone kept saying this looked like the “biggest” car show we’ve had to date! People were every...